The lapsed time in between without any further statement, however, had again resulted in doubts as to whether Schumacher would ever make a complete recovery.

Those doubts will continue to remain for besides the fact Schumacher is now out of a coma and left the hospital, no other information has been provided with regards to his health.

Schumacher's family, however, have at least again offered their sincere gratitude to all those who have played a part in the process over the past five and a half months.

The statement added: "His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble, as well as the first aiders at the place of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months.

"The family also wishes to thank all the people who have sent Michael all the many good wishes. We are sure it helped him.

"For the future we ask for understanding his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye."

11:29 am

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This was Rolf Harris arriving at court this morning.

He was once again accompanied by daughter Bindi, wife Alwen and niece Jenny.

12:19 pm

We're back underway at Southwark Crown Court.

Simon Ray for the defence says the gap in time between when the assaults happened and now causes a serious disadvantage to Rolf Harris.

Ray says Rolf Harris' memory is not clear on the events.

"It is much easier to make these allegations than rebute them."

Ray says Rolf Harris is clearly far from perfect and he is ashamed of his affairs.

12:29 pm

On Rolf Harris' dark side, Ray says everyone has a private life and it has been humiliating for Harris to have this exposed to the world.

Ray questions why victim groped in Malta bar would keep a photo taken with Rolf Harris from that encounter.

12:36 pm

Ray is telling the jurors about the level of Rolf Harris' fame.

He says if Harris appeared at a community centre when his hit 2 Little Boys was number 1 it would have been in the newspapers.

He goes on to say the girl who accused Harris of groping her in 1969 at a centre in Portsmouth may have confused Rolf with someone else.

1:00 pm

Ray admits the timing of emergence of Star Games Video proving Harris was in Cambridge in the 1970s was unfortunate.

But he points out that the year when the woman was allegedly groped at the celebrity event has changed from 1975 to 1978, and her age from 13 to 16.

1:13 pm

Proceedings have stopped for lunch.

We will be back up and running at 2pm.

1:57 pm

We're expecting proceedings to get back underway shortly.

2:55 pm

Ray turns to the alleged victim who claims Rolf Harris abused her from age 13 when she joined him and his family on holiday to Hawaii and Australia.

Ray tells jurors the woman has "tailored" her evidence to say abuse happened when she was under 16 to remove issue of consent.

He says Rolf Harris is ashamed of the relationship he had with his daughter's friend but she had some responsibility for their fling.

Ray says the trysts between Harris and his daughter's friend were "cringe-worthy" and regrettable but not child abuse.

2:57 pm

Ray argues it is "dangerous and unreliable" to blame the alleged victim's alcoholism on Rolf Harris as there is no credible evidence to support this.

He says the implication his daughter Bindi is lying for her dad so she can inherit his money was a "cheap shot".

Ray says Rolf Harris' reputation has been trashed and it may never be the same again

3:45 pm

Simon Ray has now concluded his defence speech to the jury.

They are expected to be sent out to reach a verdict on Wednesday.

4:19 pm

That concludes our live blog for today.

But come back to mirror.co.uk for all the latest from Rolf Harris' trial.